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Its tribal faith vs Vedanta might in Kalahandi forests [1]

Vedanta wants flat-top mountain massif, but locals say it is the abode of their god

KALAHANDI has always captured the national imagination, but never for the right reasons. Recurring poverty deaths and reports about entire communities surviving on mango kernels defined this predominantly tribal district in southern Orissa for decades.

Publication Date: 
13/04/2010
Economic Times (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Forests [3], Mining [4], Bauxite [5], Limestone [6], Tribals [7], Lafarge India [8], Supreme Court [9], Meghalaya [10], Orissa (Odisha) [11], Kalahandi [12], Vedanta Aluminium [13]
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